Côte d'Ivoire vs Timor-Leste: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 74.9% against 71.0% in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 3.9%.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Côte d'Ivoire's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 31st and Timor-Leste ranks 29th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Côte d'Ivoire | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.8% | 80.3% | 1.5% | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 81.0% | 78.1% | 2.9% | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 76.1% | 75.7% | 0.4% | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2020s | 72.1% | 75.0% | 2.8% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Côte d'Ivoire or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 74.9% against 71.0% in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Côte d'Ivoire and Timor-Leste?
- 3.9%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Timor-Leste?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Côte d'Ivoire and Timor-Leste rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 31st and Timor-Leste ranks 29th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.